Publications & Presentations

Professional Presentations

Abstract Poster Session.  American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.   Denver, Colorado.  June 2011.  

Abstract Oral Sessions.  American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007.  Orlando, Florida.  November 5, 2007.

Poster Presentation.  Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.  Reno, Nevada. February, 2005.

Poster Presentation, American Diabetes Association 62nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, June, 2002.

Oral abstract presentation, Endocrine Society Meeting, June, 2001.

Oral Abstract Presentation, the Endocrine Society Meeting, 2000.

Publications

 Journal of Athletic Training.  2007; 42(4): 536-545.

Medical Management: Diabetes and Heart 

Disease, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2002. 

Hospital Physician Board Review Manual, Turner White Communications, Inc., 2002. (In press)

Oxford Textbook of Clinical Endocrinology. (In Press)

Invited Lectures

  • American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), Plenary Session, 2016  Annual Conference.  Managing the Athlete with Type 1 Diabetes; Navigating the Ups and Downs.  Dallas, Texas.  April, 2016.  

  • AADE15 Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE): Type 1 Diabetes Management for Exercise and Sport.  New Orleans, LA, August 7, 2015. 

  • Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association – 7th Annual Conference and Symposium.  Diabetes and the Athlete:  Strategies for Managing the Athlete with Type 1 Diabetes.  Point Clear, Alabama.  May 19, 2015.

  • 2015 Pennsylvania Coordinating Body of the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting:  Diabetes: The Heart of the Matter.  Exercise and Activity, What is the Evidence?  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  May 15, 2015.

  • JDRF Type One Nation Summit- South Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the JDRF.  Keynote Address:  Managing Type 1 Diabetes, Exercise & Sport.  Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  March 22, 2015.

  • Munster Community Hospital 2015 Diabetes Symposium: Managing T2D and Exercise in the 21ST Century.  Munster, Indiana.  March 21, 2015.

  • JDRF Type One Nation Summit- Southern New Jersey Chapter of the JDRF.  Keynote Address:  Managing Type 1 Diabetes, Exercise & Sport.  Mount Laurel, New Jersey. March 7, 2015.

  • Christiana Medical Center’s 18th Annual Diabetes Update:  Exercise and Avoiding Hypoglycemia in People with Type 1 Diabetes.  Christiana, Delaware.  March 8, 2014.

  • 2013 American College of Sports Medicine and 4th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine: Clinical Colloquium- Exercising with Type 1 Diabetes: A Clinical Perspective.  Indianapolis, Indiana.  May 2013.

  • 2012 Pacific Northwest Diabetes Health Summit: Diabetes and Exercise.  Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center, Oregon Health & Science University.  Portland, Oregon. November 17, 2012.

  • Fifth Annual Diabetes Symposium of Wisconsin: Exercise Management in Type 1 Diabetes.  Medical College of Wisconsin.  Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  July 12, 2012.

  • Atlanticare Regional Medical Center Medical Staff CME Program: The Downside of Strict Glycemic Control- Preventing and Treating Hypoglycemia.  Atlanticare Regional Medical Center.  Atlantic City, New Jersey.  June 7, 2012.

  • Current Tides and Future Waves in Nursing Practice: Advances in Diabetes: Therapeutic and Technologies.  Atlanticare Regional Medical Center.  Atlantic City, NJ.  June 4, 2012.

  • Southwest Athletic Trainer’s Association, 57th Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium.  Etiology, Pathogeneisis and Presentation of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and Practical Aspects of Manaing the Athlete with Diabetes. Houston, Texas.  July 15, 2011.

  •  Michigan Organization of Diabetes Educators: Diabetes and Exercise- Get on the Team!  Grand Rapids, Michigan.  November, 2011.

  • 2010 Pacific Northwest Diabetes Health Summit: Type 1 Diabetes and Exercise.  Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center, Oregon Health & Science University.  Multnomah Athletic Club.  Portland, Oregon. November 20, 2010.

  • Indiana Central Association of Diabetes Educator’s 6th Annual Conference: Diabetes Education Throughout the Lifecycle: Diabetes and Physical Activity: Get on the team!  Fairbanks Hall, Indianapolis, Indiana.  November 5, 2010.

  • Theodore Lang Annual May Day 2010: Diabetes and Exercise.  OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.  Rockford, Illionois.  May 6-7, 2010.

  • 2009 Pacific Northwest Diabetes Health Summit: Insulin, Exercise and Sports- Simplifying the Plan.  Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center, Oregon Health & Science University.  November 20, 2009.

  • Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital- outreach program: Supporting Our Young Athlete’s with Diabetes.  Grand Rapids, Michigan.  July 18, 2009.

  • Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association 2009 North American Conference:  Stress, Diabetes, and The Diabetes Training Camp Experience.  Harvard Medical Center.   Boston, Massachusetts.  June 2009.

  • Rock River Association of Diabetes Educators:  Diabetes and Exercise- Get on the Team!  Rockford Memorial Hospital.  Rockford, Illinois.   May 7, 2009.

  • American Association of Diabetes Educators 35th Annual Meeting, pre-conference workshop: A Call to Action- The Diabetes Educator and Exercise Prescription.  Washington, D.C.  August 7, 2008.

  • Munster Community Hospital Diabetes Symposium: Diabetes and Exercise.  Munster, Indiana.  March 2008.

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital 3rd Annual Perinatal Conference – Navigating the Course of High-Risk Pregnancy: Utilizing Evidence-Based Practice to Manage Diabetes in Pregnancy.   Allentown, Pennsylvania.  October 11, 2006. 

  • Exercise and Insulin Pump Therapy.  Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  May 11, 2006.

  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine 2005 Annual Conference: The Ups and Downs of Diabetes and Exercise.  Harrisburg, PA.  November 11, 2005.

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Care: Lessons Learned from the Athlete with Diabetes.  Lehigh Valley Hospital.  Allentown, Pennsylvania.  October 4, 2005.

  • Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association 2005 North American Conference:  On The Move With DESA.  The Latest Research on Exercise and Diabetes.  West Chester, Pennsylvania.  May 13, 2005.

  • American Diabetes Association, Illinois:  27th Annual Professional Seminar- Diabetes Update, 2005.  Diabetes and Exercise.  Springfield, Illinois.  March 18, 2005.

  • Vista Health Care, Waukeegan, Illinois, CME Lecture Series: Implementing Technologies into Diabetes Care in 2005. Libertyville, Illinois.  February 16, 2005.

  • St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers Department of Medical Education Grand Rounds Presentation: Dyslipidemia and Hypertension in the Diabetic Patient: Lowering Cardiovascular Risk.  Hammond, Indiana.  May 27, 2004.

  • Diabetes Educators of Chicago Area American Association of Diabetes EducatorsDiabetes (DECAADE) Annual Meeting and Conference.  Diabetes 2004: The Year in Review.  April 22, 2004.

  • Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association 2003 North American Conference: Diabetes in Action.  Exercise-Induced Hypoglycemia.  Gleacher Center, University of Chicago Downtown Center.  December 6, 2003.

  • Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association 2003 North American Conference: Diabetes in Action.  Supporting the High School and College Athlete With Diabetes.  Gleacher Center, University of Chicago Downtown Center.  December 6, 2003.

  • Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association 2003 North American Conference: Diabetes in Action.  Diabetes and Exercise- Assessing the Risk.  Gleacher Center, University of Chicago Downtown Center.  December 5, 2003.

  • University of Illinois Section of Endocrinology Endocrinology Grand Rounds/CME Lecture Series.  The Clinical Applications of Continuous Glucose Monitoring.  November 25, 2003.

  • OSF Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.  Continuous Glucose Monitoring: The Clinical Application.  Rockford, Illinois. November 7, 2003.

  • St. Catherine’s Hospital Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.  Insulin Resistance and Cardivascular Risk Reduction: Focus on Exercise.  East Chicago, Indiana.  September 18, 2003.

  • University of Chicago Primary Care Group CME Lecture Series, Diabetes Update- Focus on Hypoglycemic Risk Reduction, June 23, 2003.

  • Patient education program, Advances in Diabetes Care, Trinity United Church of Christ.  Chicago, Illinois.  May 15, 2003.

  • Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, Medicine for Today, Insulin Therapy and Intensive Glucose Monitoring. St. Francis Hospital. Peoria, Illinois.  April 24, 2003.

  • Michael Reese Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: Cardiovascular Implications of Insulin Resistance.  Chicago, Illinois.  January 16, 2003.

  • The University of Chicago, Diabetes 2002: An Update for Clinicians, Exercise Prescription for Diabetes and Prevention, Ritz Carlton Hotel.  Chicago, Illinois.  December 14, 2002.

  • Highland Park Hospital/Evanston Northwestern Health Care Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: Cardiovascular Disease and Insulin Resistance.  Highland Park, Illinois.  November 16, 2003.

  • St. Catherine Hospital’s Clementine Frankowski & Gerald Grumet Mamorial Master Lecture Series, Update on Endocrinology: Current Strategies in the Management of Diabetes, The Center for Visual and Performing Arts.  Munster, Indiana.  September 28, 2002.

Research

  • Resistance Training as an Effective Modality in the Management of Gestational Diabetes.

  • The utilization of continuous glucose monitoring in a variety of clinical settings, including endurance sports and exercise.

  • Cardiovascular structure and function in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and insulin resistant states.

  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: insulin resistance and insulin secretory defects in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus.